The Greek Billionaire’s Indecent Proposal
Chapter 21

Xander POV

Soraya was already in bed sleeping with Kai who was cuddled to her neck. My heart lurched just looking at the both of them. I had been hoping to spend some more quality time with Soraya but this was just as good. I quickly changed into my sleeping pants and then got into bed. Kai was in the middle of the bed, i moved closer, put my hand over Soraya and pulled them closer to me. Nothing in the world could have felt better than this feeling right here.

I thought about my outing with my Angel and I just smiled. The way she had giggled and laughed at my stories, she had the cutest laugh and the way she threw her head back, the way the light caught her hair making it glow. It had been a good date, until we came home. It had not escaped my eyes how Sofija had been staring at her and I had planned to address it privately tomorrow but I guess I had been too late. I wondered what had gone through Soraya’s mind during the argument and also after she came upstairs.

I couldn’t sleep, I was so tempted to wake her up just so I could comfort her. I’d have to wait until the morning. It had been a while since I had taken a drink, being around Soraya I found myself feeling less guilty about my past. I didn’t get the urge to drink like I usually did. What I had said to Sofija was true, I would rather kick my sister out than see Soraya hurt.

My eyes started to get heavy and sleep took over.

Stacy POV

It was early in the morning and I sat on the dressing chair in my walk in closet trying to decide what to wear after my shower. One of the housekeepers had brought me my morning coffee, my daily newspaper and the latest magazine of Les Nobles. I asked her to put them on the table by the balcony as I dressed. I dressed in a orange and white print ribbon back halter top and a wide leg pants set and I matched it with orange sandal heels. I brushed my hair up into a messy bun and accessorised with some jewellery.

I loved being a Adamos wife. I didn’t marry Hector for his money but the fact that he had lots of it and power didn’t hurt at all. I came from a family that in many other peoples eyes had money and that allowed me to gain entry in some of the prominent places that some ordinary people would not be able to get into.

My father was a cardiologist and my mother a retired anaesthesiologist, that afforded me a good upbringing and a pretty decent lifestyle but the Adamos family had generational wealth that seemed to multiply with each generation. Before I bumped into Hector in California, I was a socialite that was just a bar above the socialites at the bottom of the food chain but when we got married, I felt like I had become part of the nobles of not only America but the whole of Europe as well and that certainly had its perks.

I walked over to the balcony and sat down then began to page through the newspaper while I sipped on my coffee. I was adjusting the way I laid out the newspaper on the table when the cover of the Les Nobles magazine caught me. “Oh my gosh! That is Soraya and Xander on the cover. That’s her outfit from yesterday. How did they get that out to print so quickly!” I said to myself. She looked so gorgeous laughing and walking next to Xander as he whispered something into her ear. They were holding hands. This magazine features rich people from all over Europe, but not just any rich people, the ones that were considered to be nobility!

There was a title on the side of the picture; Xander Adamos’ secret wife? Oh my gosh I could see her wedding ring on the picture. I quickly paged through to replace their story, and it was basically questioning whether Xander was seeing a married woman or if he secretly went and got married. There was a full two page spread of pictures of them exiting stores, eating lunch and walking the streets of Athens, the magazine complemented her beauty and her outfit but they asked themselves who she was to have caught the eye of Xander Adamos. Paparazzi had struck a gold mine, it was not easy to get pictures of Xander Adamos at all!

My coffee and newspaper forgotten I quickly went to look for Soraya. Today was a Saturday and there was no school. She usually accompanied the kids to school with the chauffeur, I was told this titbit of info by Gaia last night. I bumped into a house keeper and stopped to talk to her. “Have you seen Soraya?” I asked her.

“Yes, Madam Soraya is by the pool area with the kids.” She smiled at me politely.

I thanked her and sped off to go and replace her. She was sitting on a pool lounger in shorts and a T shirt watching the kids play in the water.

I squealed her name and she turned around to see me approaching her. “Guess what? You will never believe who made it on the cover of one of Europe’s most luxe most noble of magazines.” I said to her excitedly.

“You?” She said half smiling looking like she was not sure how to respond.

“No silly!” I went and plonked myself on the side of her lounger. “You! You made it.”

“What? How can I be on any cover.” She said quietly. Her mood was sombre.

“Paparazzi spotted you and I guess they loved you because they only had nice things to say about you. They are speculating about who you are and if you are married to Xander!”

“Well I’m also wondering the same thing right now.” She said and rolled her eyes.

“What do you mean? I was at your wedding.” I said to her. “Soraya what’s wrong?”

“I am just tired Stacy, of all this.” She waved her arms. “I didn’t ask for all this, I was fine with my life the way it was and now I feel like I’m living another woman’s dream and everyone in this damn house is comparing me to some woman I don’t even know and have never met. And oh, this husband of mine that you keep telling me about? I don’t know much about him. You know about Hector and you have accepted him. Me on the other hand I just have to take Xander as he is.” She ranted on. Then she realised the kids were within earshot and she covered her face. “Let’s not talk about this.” She said.

“I came here to cheer you up.” I said to her.

“Well being on the cover of a stupid European magazine isn’t going to do that. It means nothing to me.” She sounded so frustrated.

“Okay let’s go and talk, I will get one of the housekeepers to watch the kids.” I offered.

“No Stacy! I want to spend time with my son, not have some maids looking after him. I am his mother!” Clearly she was in a mood, she sighed. “Im sorry Stace, I’m upset and I shouldn’t be taking it out on you. Xander and I had a fight this morning and instead of just talking to me he stormed out.”

“Im sorry sweetie, I know it’s not easy for you but give it some time. It does get better I promise.”

“Can we just sit here and not talk at all?” She asked.

“Yes but I’m going to ask that they bring breakfast down here to us so just give me a minute, I will be back.” I said and darted off. I definitely understood her frustration, I knew why Xander was afraid to tell Soraya about the family’s shady dealings and Hera, Soraya was not like me, she would take off running fast!

Soraya’s POV

I didn’t mean to snap at Stacy and speak like that but I felt like each time Xander refused to answer my questions, he was hiding things from me. Was I upset over the fact that I was so knee deep into my feelings for him when he didn’t feel anything. How could he make love to me, touch me like he did and hold me at night and not feel anything whatsoever? Did he hide things from me because this relationship was a façade? I found myself feeling so angry and moody just thinking about everything.

Memories of this morning came flooding into my head:

“Kai sweetie, go and brush your teeth, I will meet you in your room just now.” I said to him as he jumped on the bed.

He got of the bed and took of running out of the room. Xander came from the walk in closet already showered and dressed. “Good morning Angel.” He leaned forward to k**s me but I looked away.

“Is this about Sofija? I fixed the matter, she had no right to speak to you like that. She won’t do it again.” He said as he fixed his collar.

“That’s not what upset me Xander.” I said to him.

“What is it? By the way where did you get these?” He asked holding up my contraception pills. I had asked one of the helpers to pick them up for me at a pharmacy because Xander and I never seemed to use protection. I did not want to have another child for this family, he was already threatening to take my son away, I wanted to replace a way to get out of here because I was getting into deep with my feelings, I wasn’t like him. I could never just have s*x casually with someone.

“You are my problem Xander, I’m vulnerable to attacks like these because I’m left in the dark about what’s going on. I married you for god’s sake! Why won’t you tell me things that I need to know!” I snapped at him. “What are you hiding about Hera? And what kind of dirty business does your family do? I’m already here so it’s not like I have the option to run away because you have made it clear that you will take my son away from me.”

“We are not having this conversation again. You don’t need to know any of those things. You are safe and that’s all.”

“Do you know what it’s like to have everyone tell me I remind them of Hera and then clam up when they realise I don’t know anything about the person I’m being compared to! You uprooted me from my own comfort and brought me here to this place but you won’t open up to me.”

“You are being ungrateful, stop asking me questions and just start…”

“Start what? Appreciating? Ungrateful? For what? This expensive life? I never asked for it! Did Hera leave you because she also couldn’t stand how cold and impersonal you are? You only share what you want to share.”

“You are treading on thin ice! Stop talking Soraya! I mean it!” He held me by my shoulders and shook me roughly. “And you need to stop with this nonsense of pills! You and I are married!”

“A marriage of convenience! It’s a business transaction! Nothing more! It doesn’t say anywhere in the stupid marriage contract that I need to have babies for you! Why would I want to give birth to another Adamos child and have you use them as a way to threaten me to stay with you! We were both just scratching an itch right?! So I’m done! I have had enough.” I said as a matter of fact.

He clenched his jaw and gave me an ice cold stare. “Is that so?” He let go of me but didn’t move. Our faces were centimetres apart. You could cut the tension with a knife.

“Yes! In fact I will be moving into a guest room!” I hissed at him. “Like you like to say, this house is big enough!”

“Suit yourself!” He said angrily and stormed out of the room. I ran into the bathroom and locked myself in there. I couldn’t help but fall to the floor and just cry my eyes out.”

End of memory.